Automatic lighting and sound-producing device



June 1o. 1924. "1,497,399

c. A. BAILEY AUTOMATIC LIGHTING`AND SOUNDI PRODUCING DEVICE Filed oct. 1920 l I x l irma/EY Patented June 10, 1924, l

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BAILEY, OF GROMWELL, CONNECTICUT.

AUTOMATIC LIGHTING AND SOUND-PRO'D'UCING DEVICE.

Application led October 25, 1920. Serial No. 419,304. f-

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAILEY, a citizen of theUnited States, and a resident of Cromwell, in the county of Middlei sex and State of Connecticut, have invented new and Improved Automatic Lighting and Sound-Producing Devices, of which the following is a specification My invention relates to the class of de- 10 yvices in which a noise and a light may be simultaneously produced, as for alarm purposes, and an object of my invention, among others, is to produce aparticularly etlicient device of the character described that shall 15 be of simple construction.

One form of device embodying my invention and in the construction and use ot' which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in '20 the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a hand flashlight showing my attachment in face view secured thereto.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the contro-lling lever removed to display parts underneath, a portion only of the lashlight being shown.

i Figure 3 is a side view of the flashlight and attachment illustrating its manner of use.

Figure 4 is a detail view illustrating theo parts of the device set ready Jfor operation.

Figure 5 is a view in side elevation of a torch embodying a little different form of o-perating mechanism.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5 indicates the case of a hand flashlight of ordinary construction having a lens 6 for displaying the light, it being understood that the case contains a battery operated in the usual manner, the operating means comprising a switch' member -7 adapted to make Contact, with another switch member to complete the circuit for the electricity and thereby display the light in a manner that will be readily understood b those skilledin the art, all of the parts tlis far described being of ordinary and well known construction. t l My*improved light and sounding device is shown in the drawings herein as attached to a hand flashlight of ordinary construction, as hereinabove briefly set out, and for this reason further and detailedillustration of this ordinary flashlight is omitted herein. 55 In adapting myinvention I provide a base plate 8 thatis attached to the case, which. case has the switch member or terminal 7 suitably connected with one pole `of the battery, said plate having a raised-socket piece 9 within which is a depression 1() to receive a paper cap or other explosive device for al purpose to be hereinafter described.

A striker or actuator 11 yis attached to the base 8, in the form herein shown this strikerl having spring qualities suliicient to force it sharply against the bottom of the depression 10 to explode a cap therein. This striker is suitably connected with the pole of the battery opposite to that above men-V tioned, and a Contact 12 projects from its under side in position to make contact with the terminal -7 under certain conditions, thereby completing the electric circuit to display the light. 75

A trigger 13 is pivotally attached to the base and a finger 14 projects laterally from the trigger to engage a horn 15 extending from the end of the striker 11, and as illustrated in Figurey 1 of the drawings. The 80 linger 14 is of cam shape'so that when the striker 11 is in the position shown in full lines in Figure 1 it will engage the horn 15 and raise the striker sufficiently to disengage vthe Contact 12 from the terminal 7 as shown in Figure 4, to break the electric circuit and extinguish the light. The resiliency of the parts will 'be sufficient to enable the contacts to be closed together by a slight pressure upon the trigger 13 for a tempo-V 90 rary display of the light. If it is desired to prolong the display of the light the trigger vmay be moved into the'position shown in dotted lines inFigure 1.,'the pivotal connection of the trigger 13 to the base being sulliciently loose to enable this lateral movement of the trigger. In order to disengage the terminal and Contact aear rest'16 is provided on the under side of the trigger 13 to met agaiastthe base when the .partage 10 be opened.

= other position.

in the position shown in full lines in Figure l and this ear Will engage the shoulder formed by the edge of the striker 11 located above the upper surface of the base and prevent lateral Amovement ot the trigger until it is raised suthciently to enable the ear l6to passover lthe top ofthe striker. A hole 17 "or other meansof attachment for a cord 1S may be provided at the outer end of the trigger 13 as one means for actuating the device. i' i' In operationpthe triggerllvvillbe raised to its Set position and as illustrated in Figure 4 of lthe drawing, in Which position the' contact andl terminal will be separated. VVhe'n the actuator or striker ll is thus supported in its set' o'sitionby the striker, the support will be so feeble that a slight jar will besuiiicientto spring the mechanism and permit thesti-.ker 1l to move forcibly into Contact with a cap that has been placed in the'depression `10; nThe flashlight niay besetupnthe floor close to a door vvherebyit vvill be knocked' over and operated in the `manner just described, should 'the door The flashlight be rlaid on its side on the licor as illustrated in Figure 3 andthe contact of the door with the trigger 13' ivill cause' the parts to be operated 'as hereinabove described o'r the v'cord 1S may 'be attachedto a door oi window in a manner to' cause a pull upon the 'trigger '13 and its operation ashereinbefore described, to

"explode the cap and also tb yclose the electric circuit and display the light.

In the form ,fof the 'device illustrated in Figure A5 the case '19 ot ordinary constructioniis provided With a plunger socket 2O o'nits side'ivithin vi/hich a striker plunger 2l is located to be forced in one direction by means of a spring 22. The end of they plunger vis adapted to strike a cap that may be placed upon an anvil 23 ,located vin the-.lower end of the socket.v A setting lug Q4 projects from the side ofthe plunger to,

engag a setting socket 2 5 and also to engage an anti-lighting socket 26 when in an- Vilhen engaged With the settingsocket the device ivillbe in position for operation and the support of the plunger set-ting lug ivill be so feeble'that a slight will be sutlicient to disengage the setting lug from .its socket and permit the spring to force the plunger downwardly into Contact with a 'caponvthe anvil to explode ,the cap.

Then thefliigv is in engagement with Vthe v socket 2B the plunger `Will be raised 'sufficiently'to disengage the electrical contacts I and leiftiiigiiish the light, n"such contacts being in engagement when the plungeris' in its @retires/fiPoe-tion and the iight being thfwbrdlsplayyea;

rvsie @and of the plunger has ,a enea gagement with a terminal 29 on the battery thereby completing the electric circuit and causingr the light to be displayed in a manner that will be readily7 understood. This actuator may be of Wedge-shape so that it may be inserted in the crack between the door and a jamb so thatit' the door is opened to a slight extent the actuator Will be treed, the case Will drop and the jar Will cause the cap to be exploded and the light to be displayed, the torsion on the spring aiding disengaging the lug 24: from the socket 25 to accomplish this purpose.

I claim- Y l. A flashlight including a case, a battery, an electric lamp electrically connected with thebattery, a battery terminal Vand a terininal movably mounted to4 make Contact with the battery terminal, an actuator mova'bly mounted on the case and spling'pressed f 2. A iashliglit including a case, battery,

- an electric lamp electrically connected With the battery, a battery terminal and a ter- -minal movably mounted to make contact with the battery terminal, an actuator movably mounted on the' case and spring ,pressed to move in' one ldirection to eli'ect contact of said terminals to electrically energize .the lamp, means for iteebly holdingltheactuator in 4a set condition, and means tol receive Jan explosive device in position to-,be Vstruck by said actuator.

A y,flashlight including a case, a battery, an electric lamp electrically connected with the battery and a battery terminal, an actuator urgedto move in one direction andhavinga contact to make contact With the battery terminal when the actuator ,is inA its closed position, a trigger to movably engage thel actuator and 4feebly,support itin set position, and means to receive an eXplosive'device in position to be struck by said actuato'r.

t. A flashlight including ,a case, a battery, an electric lamp electrically connected with the battery and a battery terminal,` an

lactuator urged vto move in one direction and the battery and albattery terminal, an actuator urged ,to move ene drectfnand han` ing ya Contact to 1`make `Contact with' theb'at- "tery terminal when thea'ctuator islin'its termina being suiiciently resilient for engagement of the terminals by pressure upon the trigger. `6. A flashlight including a case, a battery,

an electric lamp electrically connected with 5 the battery and a battery terminal, an actuator urged to move in one direction and having a. contact'to make Contact with the battery terminal when in its closed position, and a trigger arranged to normally overlie the actuator to hold the terminals apart but movable to an extent to permit disengagement of the actuator to permit the terminals to be brought into Contact. CHARLES A. BAILEY. 

